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AAO EB-1A decision OCT282005_01B2203: Appeal arguments

AAO EB-1A decision OCT282005_01B2203: Appeal arguments

EB-1A appeal arguments — AAO decision OCT282005_01B2203: The AAO reopened the matter for purposes of entering a new decision and gave a 30-day briefing…

Decision summary: AAO decision OCT282005_01B2203: The AAO reopened the matter for purposes of entering a new decision and gave a 30-day briefing period. This page does not state the result of that new decision. The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.

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Decision snapshot

Decision ID

OCT282005_01B2203

Decision date as printed

2005-10-28

Classification / field stated in source

Classification not stated in the normalized review fields

Procedural posture

citation_pages: 1; classification: procedural reopening/briefing notice following prior summary dismissal; text: The page says the AAO had summarily dismissed a subsequent appeal on June 23, 2005, then states it is reopening the matter on motion to enter a new decision and allows 30 days to submit a brief or waive that period.

Operative disposition

{'classification': 'interlocutory procedural notice; no new merits disposition/order in this source', 'outcome': 'The AAO reopened the matter for purposes of entering a new decision and gave a 30-day briefing period. This page does not state the result of that new decision.', 'basis': 'Express statement of reopening on motion and opportunity to submit a brief.', 'citation_pages': [1]}

Final-merits status

Not reached

What the AAO decision addressed

The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.

Criterion-by-criterion status in this source

These labels reproduce the source-review record. “Not considered,” “not reached,” and “not coded” do not mean the criterion failed. A Director finding recited as background is not an AAO holding unless the decision says so.

Criterion

Source-review status

Awards

Not reached — source PDF

Membership

Not reached — source PDF

Published material about the person

Not reached — source PDF

Judging the work of others

Not reached — source PDF

Original contributions of major significance

Not reached — source PDF

Scholarly authorship

Not reached — source PDF

Artistic display or showcases

Not coded — source PDF

Leading or critical role

Not reached — source PDF

High salary or remuneration

Not reached — source PDF

Commercial success in the performing arts

Not reached — source PDF

How this record may be used in research

Comparison scope: {'fit': 'limited_procedural_reference_only', 'use': 'Potentially useful only in a source-supported procedural example about reopening and a briefing opportunity after a prior summary dismissal.', 'do_not_claim': ['Do not treat this notice as the final decision after reopening.', 'Do not claim the prior dismissal remained the final disposition after the reopening notice.', 'Do not infer criterion or final-merits findings.', 'Do not derive current filing advice from this historical letter.'], 'caveat': 'The assignment contains only the one-page notice; no subsequent decision was included.'}

Page-level source trail

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How to use this record

This is a historical, nonprecedent AAO decision about its own administrative record. It is not a prediction, success rate, or current filing instruction. Compare the issue and procedural stage before drawing an analogy. The current framework is in the USCIS Policy Manual, Volume 6, Part F, Chapter 2.

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Primary source

Official USCIS AAO decision PDF for OCT282005_01B2203